GadgetRN71 ASN, RN

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    Day shift nurses needed...WHAT??!!

    GadgetRN71 replied to mondkmondk's topic in General Nursing

    Evenings because there is far less drama than on the day shift...you tend to get pretty chummy with the people on your shift and it's more teamwork oriented. Plus, I never have been a morning...
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    Oncology or Orthopedic OR?

    GadgetRN71 replied to relentlessrunner's topic in Operating Room

    Ha ha! You're right..but I love bad boys(we have a couple of female Ortho surgeons that are awesome too.)! Ortho can be so cool...when you're doing a case late at night, the music's playing, the...
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    Can I do nursing school with full time job??

    GadgetRN71 replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

    Completely possible to do well in nursing school and have a full-time job. Many of us here did it and did well too but you have to know yourself. Are you determined? Do you have good study and time...
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    Side rails x 4 and falls

    GadgetRN71 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Us too, but I think the OR and PACU have different rules because our pts are not in their right minds post op. Restraints are used but still as a last resort. They are needed sometimes though. Some...
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    Dr.s throwing their weight around...............

    GadgetRN71 replied to LSRNgrad2008's topic in General Nursing

    I'm lucky that in my facility, and in my specialty, we are backed up by our manager if a doctor gets really nasty. As for a surgeon "disciplining" me or writing me up, they don't sign my paycheck and...
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    Do most OR's use scrub tech's?

    GadgetRN71 replied to galenanurse's topic in Operating Room

    My facility trains new OR nurses to both scrub and circulate. In my dept., night call is scrub call and both RNs and techs are expected to take it. I'll scrub people out for breaks/meals too if...
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    Do you always have an RN waste narcotics with you?

    GadgetRN71 replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    In my department the people doing the wasting are the CRNAs and the anesthesiologists. They will ask the circulator to waste with them and we all comply. Everyone follows the policy to the letter...
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    "MY doctor/service"

    GadgetRN71 replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    Oh yeah...sabotage is fun isn't it? I've had that happen and I've had people get angry with me (in the past, at a different hospital) because I was trying to learn "their" specialty. Very juvenile...
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    No time for gloves??

    GadgetRN71 replied to Ocelot's topic in General Nursing

    We do trauma in my OR and I agree, it only takes a couple of seconds to put on gloves. I always have an unsterile pair in my pocket and there are boxes of them in each OR room. I always use them....
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    Belly-button snafu

    GadgetRN71 replied to New2ER's topic in Operating Room

    Slightly OT, but belly button gunk is one of the few things that make me want to barf. I can handle severed limbs and fingers, open fractures etc but show me some belly button goop, and I sart...
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    gowning off the back table

    GadgetRN71 replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    But, I wasn't talking about the waterless prep. I had mentioned that in my OR, we have to do a water based 5 minute scrub for the first scrub of the day, per policy. Subsequent scrubs can be with the...
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    gowning off the back table

    GadgetRN71 replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    In my OR, the first scrub of the day has to be the traditional 5 minute scrub with a scrub brush. After that, we can use the waterless stuff. So, drippage still is a factor. I can respect that certain...
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    Poll: Do you like taking call?

    GadgetRN71 replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    I won't call you insensitive. But, in my hospital, you certainly don't get $15 for standby...more like $2.00. That is certainly not worth it for some people. If there are people who want the call,...
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    gowning off the back table

    GadgetRN71 replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    Yes, that's our facilty's rationale too. Also, the drip factor. But like someone else said, find out your hospitals policy. In mine, they'd beat you with a stick if they saw you gown off of the back...
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    Is one year of med/surg necessary?

    GadgetRN71 replied to Lpn1997's topic in General Nursing

    TOS has rules against saying certain things..it looks like some of the posts have been modified.The mods do a nice job of keeping things here
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    Nursing Student annoyed me

    GadgetRN71 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank God, I ended up with very good clinical instructors. The way most of them did meds with students was this..there were usually 8 of us students in a group. We'd alternate days giving meds so on...
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    Nursing Student annoyed me

    GadgetRN71 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a student, in the early stages we were assigned only one patient. We were not to focus on other patients...our assigned patient was to get all of our attention. Like the other poster said,...
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    gowning off the back table

    GadgetRN71 replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    Gowning off of the back table is generally frowned upon by most ORs. The recommended practice is to gown from a separate gown table. I'm pretty sure AORN recommends this as
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    Poll: Do you like taking call?

    GadgetRN71 replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    Sometimes I keep it if I have things I'm saving for(vacation, classes etc) and other times I give it away. I don't hate it or love it, really. I just accept it as part of the
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    Is one year of med/surg necessary?

    GadgetRN71 replied to Lpn1997's topic in General Nursing

    OP, if you know where your heart is, go there and don't listen to what anyone says against you. Yes, back in the day, the year of med/surg was foisted on all new grads. You couldn't get a job in a...
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    Lose Nursing Skills??

    GadgetRN71 replied to trepinCT's topic in Operating Room

    Congrats! Hope you get
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    Honestly...Did I over-react?

    GadgetRN71 replied to oliveralways's topic in General Nursing

    Same here. We had an orderly get hurt in a similar scenario, and she had to do a report and they sent her to the ER. If we get hurt, even in a minor way on the job we're supposed to have it looked at....
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    Lose Nursing Skills??

    GadgetRN71 replied to trepinCT's topic in Operating Room

    You should ask if your facility has a perioperative training course. Many ORs do..they'll take people from other areas and new grads and teach them. There is some bookwork and OTJ training. Usually,...
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    Would you come in during an epidemic?

    GadgetRN71 replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Doen't help that we all know that our workplaces and the government wouldn't be providing us with the proper safety equipment and resources, should we come in to work. I think Katrina showed us all...
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    Lose Nursing Skills??

    GadgetRN71 replied to trepinCT's topic in Operating Room

    Mistake that many nursing students make...listening to their nursing instructors. That sounds like a horrible thing to say but in many cases, these instructors have not been in the field full-time for...